diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.7/0125-falcon-pad.patch b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.7/0125-falcon-pad.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5aa390ec43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.7/0125-falcon-pad.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: linux-3.7-rc8/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-falcon.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.7-rc8.orig/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-falcon.c	2012-12-03 20:22:37.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-3.7-rc8/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-falcon.c	2012-12-16 10:57:21.454809078 +0100
+@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@
+ 		u32 avail;
+ 		int pins;
+ 
++		if (!of_device_is_available(np))
++			continue;
++
+ 		if (!ppdev) {
+ 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find pad pdev\n");
+ 			continue;